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UW Health Quality Improvement Symposium

Learners from across the UW Health science disciplines will present posters of their QI projects for faculty, staff and all those interested. Posters will be judged by a group of QI experts at UW Health. Poster session will take place from 9am to 12pm in the HSLC Atrium. Keynote speech by Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, UW Health’s …

UniverCity Year celebrates yearlong partnership with Monona

UW System President Ray Cross joined Monona residents and the UW-Madison community to celebrate the completion of the first UniverCity Year.

2017 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards Ceremony

The 2017 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards Ceremony recognizes the work of students, faculty, staff and community partners that demonstrates excellence in collaboration between the university and local and global communities. Winners this year represent efforts spanning five countries. WWB is a partnership between the Morgridge Center for Public Service, the Global Health Institute and the International …

Challenges of Feeding the World in 2050

The world’s interconnected global markets, burgeoning appetites and an increasingly variable climate have already started to levy a heavy burden on our food systems that deliver safe, nutritious, and accessible food. The present famines in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen serve as tragic reminders that our stunningly successful focus on increasing agricultural yields in …

One Health Happy Hour Panel: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Tickborne Disease

Join Dr. Tom Green, Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, Dr. Christine Muganda and Jordan Madli for a conversation about tickborne disease. Johnny Uelman will moderate the discussion.

WKOW: UniverCity Year celebrates first year at UW-Madison

UniverCity Year completes its first project linking students with the city of Monona.

Popular Science: Your air conditioning habit makes summer smog worse

Tracey Holloway, a Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies researcher and GHI Advisory Committee member, shows that air conditioning makes summer smog worse.

Zoonoses & One Health Updates Call

Join the Zoonoses & One Health Updates call from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention One Health Office at 1 p.m. Tentative Speaker Schedule   News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM Captain, U.S. Public Health Service Director, One Health Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

CIHR Fellow Evaluates Feasibility of “Social Prescriptions” for College Students

CIHR fellow & GHI collaborator Dr. Maggie Grabow evaluates feasibility of “Social Prescriptions” for college students.

Christopher Olsen named Global Health Institute director of graduate certificate program

Christopher Olsen has been named director of the Graduate|Professional|Capstone Certificate in Global Health.